Margaret Livingston
Margaret Livingston (born November 25, 1895 in Salt Lake City , Utah , † December 13, 1984 in Warrington , Pennsylvania ) was an American film actress .
Life
Margaret Livingston was born in Salt Lake City to the Scottish immigrant John Livingston and his Stockholm- born wife Eda. She came to film as a teenager . Unlike other actresses of her time, she had no previous stage experience. In The Chain Invisible (1916) the actress, who initially appeared under the name "Marguerite Livingston", first appeared on the screen. She became a sought-after actress in the 1920s and starred in nearly 50 films by the end of the silent film era . But the petite, almost 1.60 m tall actress with the auburn hair and the dark, slit-like, narrow eyes were only rarely given leading roles. She played seductresses of European origin several times, and was used as a French woman in His private Life (1928) and Innocents of Paris (1929).
In contrast to many other silent film stars, she made the transition to talkies with ease. In The Canary Murder Case she lent Louise Brooks her voice because she refused to take part in the dubbing of the originally silent film. For the sound version, some scenes had to be re-shot in which Livingston was also used as a double for Brooks. However, she could only be seen from behind or from the side. Margaret Livingston was then seen in about 20 sound film productions before she finally withdrew into private life. In 1934 she made her last feature film , The Social Register .
Since Livingston rarely worked with well-known directors, her films are largely forgotten today. However, the ice-cold vamp she embodied in Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's Sunrise ( Sunrise - Song of Two People ) in 1927 is remembered .
Margaret Livingston was married to the jazz musician Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) since 1931 . The marriage remained childless. Her sister Ivy (1894-1986) also worked as an actress.
Filmography
- 1916: The Chain Invisible
- 1917: Alimony (under the name "Marguerite Livingston")
- 1918: Within the Cup (anonymous)
- 1919: The Busher
- 1919: All Wrong (as "Marguerite Livingston")
- 1920: Haunting Shadows - (still as Marguerite Livingston)
- 1920: What's Your Husband Doing?
- 1920: Water, Water Everywhere
- 1920: Hairpins
- 1920: The Brute Master
- 1920: The Parish Priest
- 1921: Lying Lips (also: The Magic Life )
- 1921: The Home Stretch
- 1921: Colorado Pluck
- 1921: Passing Through (also: Passin 'Thru )
- 1921: Eden and Return
- 1923: The Social Buccaneer
- 1923: Divorce
- 1924: Love's Whirlpool
- 1924: Wandering Husbands (alternatively: Love and Lies )
- 1924: Her Marriage Vow
- 1924: Butterfly
- 1924: The Chorus Lady
- 1925: The electric chair ( Capital Punishment )
- 1925: Up the Ladder
- 1925: I'll Show You the Town
- 1925: Greater Than a Crown
- 1925: The Wheel
- 1925: Havoc
- 1925: After Marriage
- 1925: The Best People
- 1925: When the Door Opened
- 1925: Wages for Wives
- 1926: The Yankee Señor
- 1926: Hell's 400
- 1926: A Trip to Chinatown
- 1926: Until the Decision ( The Blue Eagle )
- 1926: Womanpower - Dot
- 1926: Breed of the Sea
- 1927: Slaves of Beauty
- 1927: Secret Studio
- 1927: Lightning
- 1927: Married Alive
- 1927: The Girl from Gay Paree
- 1927 Sunrise - A Song of Two people ( Sunrise - A song of two humans )
- 1927: What a Beautiful Woman Desires ( The American Beauty )
- 1927: Streets of Shanghai
- 1928: A Woman's Way
- 1928: Mad Hour
- 1928: The Scarlet Dove
- 1928: The Trial against X ( Wheel of Chance )
- 1928: The Way of the Strong
- 1928: Say It with Sables (In Great Britain: The Reckoning )
- 1928: Through the Breakers
- 1928: Beware of Bachelors
- 1928: His Private Life
- 1928: The Apache
- 1929: The Final Warning ( The Last Warning )
- 1929: Bellamy Trial
- 1929: The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait
- 1929: The Voice from Beyond ( The Canary Murder Case ; dubbing for Louise Brooks)
- 1929: The Charlatan
- 1929: The Office Scandal
- 1929: Acquitted
- 1929: The Street Singer ( Innocents of Paris )
- 1929: Tonight at Twelve
- 1929: Two O'Clock in the Morning (In Great Britain: The Hour of Fear)
- 1929: Seven Keys to Baldpate
- 1930: Murder on the Roof
- 1930: For the Love o 'Lil
- 1930: What a Widow!
- 1930: Big Money (also: Easy Money)
- 1931: The Lady Refuses
- 1931: Kiki
- 1931: God's Gift to Women
- 1931: Easy Money ( Smart Money )
- 1931: Broadminded
- 1932: Call Her Savage
- 1934: The Social Register
Web links
- Margaret Livingston at www.cyranos.ch
- Margaret Livingston in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- M. Livingston at silentladies
- Page with numerous photos by M. Livingston
- Scene from Sunrise - Song of Two People with M. Livingston
- Margaret Livingston in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Livingston, Margaret |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Livingston, Marguerite; Livingstone, Margaret |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | uncertain: November 25, 1895 or November 25, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salt Lake City , Utah , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1984 |
| Place of death | Warrington , Pennsylvania , United States |